This one right here, depending on what Steem front you’re using, it could be something as short as this.

Stop!

And that’s all anyone will see. It could also be about three times that length on, for example, #steempeak and still be read without clicking on the article. But on all fronts and dapps, regardless what’s seen where and what’s not seen, what is or isn’t clicked, until you’ve inserted the first period to be recognized in your article as a pausing point, it’s an opening sentence—that one. Those are the ones that give me a tough time, even more than the title.

Topics/ideas don’t seem to hold me up, I write those down in my notepad as I think of them, there’s so many in there right now that a lot of the ones I never got to are too old to use now. Topics aren’t an issue. The bodies of these articles can be time consuming but that isn’t a surprise. Edits, trimming, the research that’s involved, attaching links and images, etc. time consuming is expected.

Opening sentences and titles—I get hung up on those. Cover images have their moments, not near as often, though, not like opening sentences. Closing sentences aren’t bad at all.

Wednesday